After their screening at the Ahmedabad international airport, the passengers were sent to institutional quarantine centres, where they will kept for 14 days before being allowed to go home.

India is bringing back its citizens stranded in various countries due to the COVID-19 outbreak under the ‘Vande Bharat Abhiyan’. (File Photo)

As many as 349 people hailing from Gujarat were brought back here from Kuwait and London in
two flights in the early hours of Thursday, an official said.

The flight from Kuwait carried 177 passengers while the one from London brought back 172 Gujarat residents, Ahmedabad district development officer Arun Mahesh Babu said.

After their screening at the Ahmedabad international airport, the passengers were sent to institutional quarantine centres, where they will kept for 14 days before being allowed to go home, said Babu, who is the nodal officer for coordinating the arrival of such flights here.